Verity Longley from The University of Manchester has published research following interviews with clinicians from our region’s hospital and community stroke teams entitled: “What influences decisions about ongoing stroke rehabilitation for patients with pre-existing dementia or cognitive impairment: a qualitative study?”(more…)

I would like to call upon your support to help us promote the UK Stroke Assembly to people affected by stroke. Please find attached and below more details about the event coming to Manchester for the first time, if you can help share this with people you work with, stroke survivors and families it would be hugely appreciated. (more…)

The region has been part of a long running research study looking at the impacts of re-organisation of hospital stroke services in Manchester and London versus the rest of the country. It was this research that prompted us to further re-design our care pathway in 2015 as the evidence showed we weren’t saving as many lives as the London model. (more…)